Example sentences of "i [be] prepare for the " in BNC.

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1 Occasionally when she was wearing this she had a trick of lifting it like wings , or ruffling it as if it was her real plumage , and she 'd declare : ‘ My dears , I am preparing for The Flight — into Egypt , to the islands , to the New World — who knows ! ’
2 My lack of culinary expertise has always been a source of great mirth to the men in my life and my well-attended failures embroidered into legends over the years , so I was prepared for the banter that accompanied dinner .
3 Even so , I do n't believe I was prepared for the facts .
4 So you could say I was prepared for the ‘ English way of Life ’ from what I 'd read .
5 And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst .
6 We had adopted them while I was preparing for the desert .
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